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Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Pleasant View Heights (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Pleasant View Heights. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Pleasant View Heights ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pleasant View Heights: Pleasant Vw. Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Pleasant View Heights is located in Washington County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington County: Allegheny, Beaver, Fayette, Greene, Westmoreland, Brooke (WV), Hancock (WV), Marshall (WV) & Ohio (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Pleasant View Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant View Heights:
- Washington County (The home county of Pleasant View Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View Heights, with the one closest to Pleasant View Heights listed first.
- Scenery Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Beallsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Marianna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lone Pine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lone Pine is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
- Bissell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bissell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bissell
- Dunningsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dunningsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunningsville
- Eighty Four
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deemston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deemston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deemston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 696 people
- Ten Mile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ten Mile is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile
- Lover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lover is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lover
- Amity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Amity is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View Heights, with the one closest to Pleasant View Heights listed first.
- Sunny Side
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Side is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Library
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cochrans Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cochrans Mill is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mill
- Elizabeth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Elizabeth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Upper Saint Clair
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson Hills is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,136 people
- Jefferson Hills has also been known as:
- Jefferson
- Brightwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Brightwood is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightwood
- Pleasant Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Clairton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mendelssohn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mendelssohn is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendelssohn
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View Heights, with the one closest to Pleasant View Heights listed first.
- East Millsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Millsboro is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Millsboro
- La Belle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- La Belle is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Belle
- Luzerne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Luzerne is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
- Newell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Newell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
- Alicia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alicia is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
- Belle Vernon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Chamouni
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Chamouni is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamouni
- Arensburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arensburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arensburg
- Brownsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hiller
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fayette City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Heistersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Heistersburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heistersburg
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View Heights, with the one closest to Pleasant View Heights listed first.
- Clarksville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chartiers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chartiers is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartiers
- Lippincott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lippincott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lippincott
- Jefferson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jefferson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Rices Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Union is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Swarts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Swarts is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swarts
- Khedive
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Khedive is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Khedive
- Morrisville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Morrisville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Carmichaels
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cumberland Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cumberland Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- Stringtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stringtown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View Heights, with the one closest to Pleasant View Heights listed first.
- Gibsonton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gibsonton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonton
- North Belle Vernon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- North Belle Vernon is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Belle Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,842 people
- Monessen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Webster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Webster is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Sutersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smithton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Newton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Blackburn ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Blackburn is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Shaner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shaner is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaner
- Wyano
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wyano is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyano
- Herminie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yukon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brooke County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View Heights, with the one closest to Pleasant View Heights listed first.
- Bethany
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dutch Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dutch Town is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
- Hooverson Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hooverson Heights is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverson Heights
- Shank Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shank Town is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shank Town
- Wellsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View Heights, with the one closest to Pleasant View Heights listed first.
- Dallas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dallas is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Calis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Calis is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calis
- Rocklick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rocklick is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklick
- Monongalia County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View Heights, with the one closest to Pleasant View Heights listed first.
- Blacksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Blacksville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Bowlby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bowlby is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlby
- Maidsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Maidsville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidsville
- Baker Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Baker Ridge is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Ridge
- Cassville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cassville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Wana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Canyon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Canyon is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
- Granville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Granville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,156 people
- Miracle Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Miracle Run is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Run
- Osage
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Osage is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Star City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Star City is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,984 people
- Maple
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maple is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- Ohio County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View Heights, with the one closest to Pleasant View Heights listed first.
- Potomac
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Potomac is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potomac
- Valley Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Point Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Point Mills is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Mills
- West Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Clinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clinton is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Triadelphia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant View Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant View Heights.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant View Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant View Heights.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Pleasant View Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant View Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant View Heights, with the one closest to Pleasant View Heights listed first.
- Scenery Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenery Hill Cemetery
- The Scenery Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1962382 <2>
- Letherman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letherman Cemetery
- The Letherman Cemetery has also been known as:
- South Pigeon Creek Dunkard Cemetery
- Highland Brethren Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beallsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Clements Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Franklin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Horn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Horn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Marianna.
- The Horn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Horn Burial Ground
- Horns Lutheran Cemetery
- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45150 <2>
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wise Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (501 more) ...
- United Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buckingham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Pleasant View Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant View Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant View Heights, with the one closest to Pleasant View Heights listed first.
- Scenery Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Odell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Odell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Vanceville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Vanceville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanceville
- Glyde
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glyde is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glyde
- Lone Pine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lone Pine is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Beallsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bakers
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bakers is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers
- Bissell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bissell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bissell
- South Strabane
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Strabane is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Strabane
- Ten Mile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ten Mile is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile
- Deemston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deemston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deemston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 696 people
- Eighty Four
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Kammerer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kammerer is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kammerer
- Dunningsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dunningsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunningsville
- Amity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Amity is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant View Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant View Heights.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant View Heights ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant View Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant View Heights, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant View Heights.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Pleasant View Heights:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Westmoreland County
- Brooke County
- Marshall County
- Monongalia County
- Ohio County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pleasant View Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pleasant View Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |